Barrington analyst Gary Prestopino maintained an Outperform rating on Cardtronics with a $40 price target after the company's Q4 earnings report. The analyst noted that Cardtronics' Q4 earnings were better than the firm's expectations, as well as the consensus estimates, and that Cardtronics' FY19 guidance was in-line with consensus. Prestopino highlighted the Q4 U.S. same store transactions, which increased by 6% with double-digit growth in surcharge free transactions, as well as the free cash flow generation for 2018, which increased by 60% to $117.9M despite the loss of $75M in adjusted EBITDA from 7-Eleven.